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Tag Archive: I wasn’t sure if it was rape

I have a problem saying the word no. I never wanted to hurt or make someone upset. So at 23 I found myself dating an ex from high school that I really didn’t know. It was only the third day we had seen each other since we started dating and his hands found their way …

I was a person and a girl and a wife……now I feel like nothing Life seems to have targeted me just as the 2 men that raped me I have been trying to find out what makes some girls targets and how these creeps figure it out I have spent 22 years trying to figure …

A couple of months ago I broke up with my boyfriend of two years. I always had a feeling that something wasn’t right as our relationship continued, and now that I know for sure what happened to me was rape, I feel so much better that I ended it before things could continue.

A fun night in town turned into the worst night of my life after being taken from town home with 3 men, they were all around 5-7 years older then me, it was the end of my night and I was waiting with a taxi with my friend these guys asked if we wanted to …

After some hours of sleep I woke up. Pictures in my head. I tried to convince myself it wasn’t real, that wasn’t me who experienced that. I was there, but I was just watching. Watching my body get raped, but my soul already died.